Chapter 12

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Race

a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups

Genocide

The systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed race or ethnicity.

Ethnicity (and Ethnic)

Having distinctive cultural characteristics

Minority Group

People who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination

Dominant Groups

The Group with the most power, greatest privileges and highest social status

Ethnic Work

Activities designed to discover, enhance, or maintain ethnic and racial identity

Discrimination

An act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group

Prejudice

An attitude or prejudging, usually in a negative way

Racism

Prejudice and discrimination on basis of race

Individual Discrimination

The negative treatment of one person by another on the basis of that person's perceived characteristics

Institutional Discrimination
(Systemic Discrimination)

Negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society's institutions

Scapegoat

An individual or group unfairly blamed for someone else's troubles

Authoritarian Personality

Theodor Adorno's term for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, and submissiveness to superiors

Reserve Labor Force

The unemployed; unemployed workers are thought of as being "in reserve"-- capitalist take them "out of reserve" (put them back to work) during times of high production and then put them back "in reserve" (lay them off) when they are no longer needed

Split Labor Force

Workers split along racial, ethnic, gender, age, or any other lines; this split is exploited by owners to weaken the bargaining power of workers

Selective Perception

Seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others

Compartmentalize

To separate act from feelings or attitudes

Population Transfer

The forced movement of a minority group

Ethnic Cleansing

A policy of eliminating a population; includes forcible expulsion and genocide

Internal Colonialism

The policy of exploiting minority groups for economic gain

Segregation

The policy of keeping racial-ethnic groups apart

Assimilation

The process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture

Multiculturalism
(Pluralism)

A philosophy or political policy that permits or encourages ethnic differences

Pluralism

The diffusion of power among many interest groups that prevents any single group from gaining control of the government

White Ethics

White immigrants to the united states whose culture differ from WASP culture

WASP

White Anglo-Saxon Protestant; narrowly, an American

Pan-Indianism

A movement that focuses on common elements in the cultures of Native Americans in order to develop a cross-tribal self-identity and to work toward the welfare or all Native Americans